Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus on the first period of Coltrane's career, when he was with Miles Davis, and the jazz vocabulary he used. First, to help the student better understand Coltrane's bebop style of improvising, the authors discuss the use of guide tones, bebop scales, three to flat nine, targeting, and other techniques. Then the text presents numerous one-, two-, and three-measure jazz lines in Coltrane's style grouped by the harmony over which they can be used.
The accompanying play-along audio provides the rhythm parts for each section, including a track for each section that modulates through the cycle of fourths, helping you master the phrases in all keys. By combining various lines, musicians will be able to mix and match numerous combinations of these lines to play over ii-V-I progressions, turnarounds, and other harmonic situations. Incorporate these essential jazz lines into your vocabulary and you will be able to create your own lines in the style of John Coltrane. Includes access to online audio.

John Coltrane

The Style of John Coltrane

Jazz Language

Guide Tones

Bebop Scales

Mixolydian Bebop

Major Bebop

Minor Bebop

Scalar Patterns

3-9

Augmented Dominant

Playing the Upper-Structure of Chords

Targeting

Substitutions

John Coltrane's Style

Summary

Minor Chord Material

Track 1: Tuning

Track 2: Minor Chord Vamp

Track 3: Minor Moving in Fourths

Dominant Seventh Chord Material

Track 4: Dominant Seventh Vamp

Track 5: Dominant Seventh Moving in Fourths

One Measure ii-V (Short ii-V) Material

Track 6: Short ii-V Vamp

Track 7: Short ii-V Moving in Fourths

Two Measure ii-V (Long ii-V) Material

Track 8: Long ii-V Vamp

Track 9: Long ii-V Moving in Fourths

Major (I) Chord Material

Track 10: Major Vamp

Track 11: Major Moving in Fourths

Minor ii-V Material

Track 12: Minor ii-V Vamp

Track 13: Minor ii-V Moving in Fourths

Play Along Recordings

Track 14: Short ii-V-I Vamp

Track 15: Short ii-V-I Moving in Fourths

Track 16: Long ii-V-I Vamp

Track 17: Long ii-V-I Moving in Fourths

Track 18: Minor ii-V-i Vamp

Track 19: Minor ii-V-i Moving in Fourths

Turnarounds

Track 20: Turnaround Vamp

Track 21: Turnaround Moving in Fourths

Creating Solos

Track 22: Creating Solos

Track 23: Progression Similar to Pent Up House

Coltrane Changes/Giant Steps

Practicing Coltrane Changes

Track 24: Long ii-V-I with Coltrane Changes Vamp

Track 25: Long ii-V-I with Coltrane Changes Moving in Fourths

Track 26: Eight Measure Giant Steps Vamp

Track 27: Progression Similar to Giant Steps

Superimposing the Coltrane Changes

Track 28: Blues for a Giant

Track 29: Snap Shots

Conclusion

Selected Discography

About the Authors